Abraham—Called by God

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Living Stream Ministry, Jan 19, 2024 - Religion - 335 pages

Abraham was the same as we are today. He never dreamed of being called by God. Suddenly, while he and his relatives were in Chaldea worshipping other gods, the God of glory appeared to him. This appearing was a great attraction, enabling him to come out of his fallen background and accept God's calling.


Although Abraham answered God's call, he did not do so immediately nor absolutely. Although he learned to live by faith, he had serious failures along the way. He followed God in a way not unlike us all. Eventually, he was brought to know grace for the fulfillment of God's purpose.


In a remarkable commentary on the life of Abraham from the book of Genesis, Witness Lee presents Abraham as a genuine man, not unlike us all, fallen, but called by God. Like him, we have seen "the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" and have been attracted to follow Him. Like him, we must learn the lessons of faith through trials, testing, and failure, in order to enter into the promises and blessings of God. Abraham—Called by God, taken from the Life-study of Genesis, presents a unique and vital view of the father of our faith.

 

Contents

Section 1
6
Section 2
7
Section 3
18
Section 4
32
Section 5
33
Section 6
36
Section 7
43
Section 8
53
Section 23
181
Section 24
185
Section 25
190
Section 26
191
Section 27
200
Section 28
201
Section 29
213
Section 30
222

Section 9
58
Section 10
65
Section 11
65
Section 12
79
Section 13
85
Section 14
94
Section 15
108
Section 16
121
Section 17
137
Section 18
141
Section 19
147
Section 20
157
Section 21
168
Section 22
178
Section 31
223
Section 32
Section 33
Section 34
Section 35
Section 36
Section 37
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Section 41
Section 42
Section 43
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About the author (2024)

Born in 1905 in northern China, Witness Lee was raised in a Christian family and educated in English-speaking schools. At the age of 19 he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and consecrated himself to preach the gospel. Early in his service, Witness Lee met Watchman Nee and began to labor together with him. In 1949 Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee to Taiwan to ensure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would be preserved. In 1962 Witness Lee came to the United States and began to minister here. He ministered in weekly conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages until 1997. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91. His major work, Life-Study of the Bible, comprises over 25,000 pages of commentary on every book of the Bible from the perspective of the believers' enjoyment and experience of God's divine life in Christ through the Spirit.

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